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Frontal Brain Asymmetry, Positive Affect and Approach Motivation

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2007, v.19 no.2, pp.127-147
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2007.19.2.003

Abstract

This study examined whether frontal brain asymmetry(FBA) could be the biological substrates of psychological health. In study 1, resting electroencephalogram(EEG) was recorded from participants during both 5 eyes-open and 5 eyes-closed 60-s baselines on 1 measurement occasion. Mean alpha power density asymmetry was extracted in midfrontal(F3/F4), lateral frontal(F7/F8) and anterior temporal(T3/T4) sites. For midfrontal sites, the relative left activation group showed significant higher level of positive affect, approach motivation, happiness, hope and ego-resiliency than the relative right activation group. In study 2, mean alpha power asymmetry also extracted in three frontal brain regions during resting baseline measure. FBA was extracted during viewing the emotional picture stimuli and doing imagination activities. For midfrontal site. participants who showed relative higher left activation reported higher positive emotion during viewing positive pictures and imagining positive event than those who showed right activation. And both exposure to positive pictures and positive imagination activity increased the relative reft activation. These findings support that relative left midfrontal activation can be the neurobiological mechanism of psychological health. Implications for research on the biological correlates of psychological health are discussed.

keywords
전두피질 비대칭성, 심리적 건강, 중전두영역, 긍정적 정서, 접근동기, 심상활동, FBA, psychological health, positive affect, approach motivation, imagination activity

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